The Queen died exactly 41 years after the King — and 70 years after the Sultan.
In a bizarre coincidence, Aretha Franklin‘s death Thursday comes on the anniversary of Elvis Presley’s 1977 passing — and Babe Ruth’s 1948 demise.
Franklin, known as the Queen of Soul, died of pancreatic cancer at age 76. Presley, the “King of Rock and Roll,” had a heart attack at age 42, and baseball legend Ruth, the “Sultan of Swat,” died from esophageal cancer at 53.